So last night was my mother's birthday and we took her out to the AsianCajun Bistro restaurant down on Oak Street. They moved there some time in the months after Katrina. The name is kind of confusing, isn't it? The food was really very good and the prices were really very ridiculous. How about "Chicken Noodle Soup.....$15.95?" C'mon now. The place is in an old house on Oak Street that has been through at least four reincarnations since it was originally converted into a restaurant. My first impression as I walked in the door was "Why are my shoes sticking to the floor?" Then there was the disconnect between the menu pricing and the white butcher paper that served as a tablecloth. Anyway, like I said, the food was very good and very plentiful but rather overpriced.
This morning it was back to the levee and back to the routine for me. It's been quite warm around here the last few days and this morning there was a light and muggy breeze from the South with a high expected to be in the lower 80s. We're all anxiously awaiting the next cool front that is supposed to come through some time on Saturday. The club will be having a jersey-fitting meeting at my place next week - even more pressure to get the kitchen back into functional condition. On my way back from the levee, riding down Oak Street, I had to hop up on the sidewalk because they had the road closed for a movie they are shooting. They were busy removing stop signs and the modern street lights, and on the news this morning they said that parts of St. Charles Avenue would also be shut down for filming. I think it's one of the big names. Tom Cruise, maybe??
If you haven't read Jason Sager's writeup on his recent abuse by USADA, it's worth checking out. These guys really need to get their heads out of their asses and apply some common sense to these situations before they go around suspending obviously clean riders like that, especially when it's clear they don't have their own act together very well themselves. I just wish I could trust USADA to do the right thing. I can't. For those who don't know, Jason is originally from Baton Rouge. I don't think he even eats meat.
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Why is Jason on the list in the first place? And if this was the real law, I think there's a major lack of due process that would reject the USADA's claim outright. If he was a convict it might be different...but he's not.
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